Associate, Project Finance

Overview

The primary responsibility will be to support the project financing lead's efforts to facilitate and execute on tax equity and debt financings for the company's portfolio of solar projects.

Main Responsibilities

• Coordinate all due diligence review and delivery with internal and external stakeholders
• Create and manage project finance data sites and closing checklists
• Update, maintain, and create internal reporting and tracking tools
• Coordinate closely with the numerous project stakeholders to track and manage project closings
• Update financial modeling assumptions
• Review technical or legal documents at a high level, with more detail as experience grows
• Manage and coordinate construction loan draw processes and milestone fundings with internal/external stakeholders

Additional Responsibilities

• Prioritizes work in order to meet project goals and deadlines
• Other duties as assigned

The position will require heavy interaction and coordination with internal (engineering, project development, project management, counsel, accounting, etc.) and external (financing parties, insurance consultants, independent engineers, counsels, etc.) stakeholders. Candidates should possess demonstrated skill in partnering with external and internal stakeholders to execute on cross-functional workstreams, and be able to communicate complicated and technical points clearly both verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and/or 2-4 years of work experience in transaction, finance, or portfolio financing experience
• Helpful to have exposure/experience, or a strong desire to learn more about all aspects of the US solar renewable energy industry and US federal tax credit systems

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to collaborate within your team and cross-functionally
• Analytical problem solver
• Intellectually curious
• Self-motivated, self-starter who can work independently when necessary
• Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities
• Work well and professionally with others (relationship focused)
• Embraces and enjoys a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to broaden areas of expertise over time
• Process oriented

Our Interview Process

A typical interview process at Silicon Ranch might include the below stages. Please note that we may make changes to these steps as needed, and details will be provided to you early on in the process.

• Introductory Interview with our recruiter
• Hiring Manager Interview to dive into technical skills and behavioral questions
• Panel Interview to assess cross-functional skills and dive deeper into technical skills
• Executive Interview to answer high-level questions about SRC and the team